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Fall 2019
Mar 28,2024
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COMM 290 - TOPICS:
The descriptions and topics of this course change from semester-to-semester, as well as from instructor-to-instructor. Prerequisite: varies with the topic offered. COMM 290- FUNDAMENTALS OF PUBLIC RELATIONS: This course will introduce you to the fundamentals of planning, managing, and analyzing public relations (PR) campaigns. It provides an introduction to the purpose, functions, and methods of domestic and international public relations practice. You will learn about the role of PR in transforming and maintaining the perceptions and attitudes of publics via strategic communication planning. The course explores a range of public relations disciplines, their approaches, communication tools, as well as the process of creating and targeting audiences for PR communication campaigns. The value of traditional and new media will be examined in PR storytelling, media relations, and campaign delivery activities. You will learn, as well as apply the Public Relations Society of America’s Code of Ethics in coursework related to past and present real-world public relations scenarios. Overall, you will be exposed to content that can support entry level experiences in a variety of professional strategic communication environments. COMM 290: FUNDAMENTALS OF ILLUSTRATION -- In this course, students investigate illustration’s capacity for personal expression within the arena of public communication. As a part of this, they work with various modes of picture building, conceptual development and materials applied to some of the major creative outlets in contemporary illustration. They make artwork in reaction to several outside sources, including various forms of the written word. Illustrators thrive when they learn to funnel their creative process through the professional and interactive system of sharing and feedback. Students will adopt this mode of working in order to see the potential for personal expression within it. Lectures and discussions of the history of Illustration as it relates to the illustrator’s multifaceted role as maker, thinker and communicator. COMM 290: WRITING AND NEW MEDIA FOR PROFESSIONALS -- This course will focus upon professional writing and the influence of new media. Students will gain exposure to examples of new media writing, including blogs, social media and other online platforms.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Hybrid, Lab, Lecture, Online Course

Communications Department

Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels:     
      Undergraduate

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